title: Tuberculosis in kindergarten and primary school, Italy, 2008-2009.
abstract: An outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) in Italy involved 19 schoolchildren with active TB and 43 with latent infection. The source of the outbreak was a school assistant born in Italy who had a family history of TB. This outbreak highlights the need for maintaining clinical and public health expertise in countries with low TB incidence.
authors.affiliation: National Health Institute, Rome, Italy. antonietta.fi lia@iss.it
authors.forename: Antonietta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Filia
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ciarrocchi
authors.forename: Rossana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Belfiglio
authors.forename: Monaldo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Caferri
authors.forename: Antonino
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bella
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Piersimoni
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cirillo
authors.forename: Gualtiero
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grilli
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mancini
authors.forename: Donato
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Greco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016358:Contact Tracing; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012574:Schools / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission